The drug laboratory that never was (thanks, Sherlock)
It seems that Hidalgo’s Heisenberg hopefuls miscalculated their breaking bad moment. The state’s Secretary of Public Security—yes, those heroes without a cape—announced the discovery of a cache of chemical precursors in Acaxochitlán, right where some criminal entrepreneur was planning to set up his narco-laboratory. Spoiler: it didn’t work out.
Chemicals, drums and hoses: the shadiest supermarket list
In this episode of “How to lose a drug laboratory in 24 hours”, the authorities assured:
- 257 packages of tartaric acid (that’s enough to make drugs for an entire Bad Bunny concert, but badly).
- Drums of caustic soda and material labeled as “biologically active” (translation: “toxic enough to kill an elephant”).
- 36 rolls of aluminum and 50 meters of hose (because even drug traffickers have their home depot side).
And in case drama was missing, there were also LP gas tanks and an abandoned wheelbarrow, because what is a clandestine laboratory without its rustic chic touch?
The most ironic thing: everything was in the middle of a wooded area, because nothing says “discreet production” like setting up a laboratory among trees. The delivery truck and the van with license plates from the State of Mexico—abandoned as if they were a failed Uber cart—finished painting the picture.
The happy ending (or at least, the least bad one)
After the cordon off of 800 meters (so that no curious person would end up becoming a character from Breaking Bad), the chemicals and materials were sent to the Attorney General’s Office. Moral: if you are going to set up a drug laboratory, at least don’t do it where the Army makes its road trips.
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